AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn appealed to the poll voters with a dominant performance that left coach Tommy Tuberville with little reason to give a stump speech.

The Tigers’ 24-6 victory Saturday over No. 8 Georgia said it all.

“One thing I’d say: I’d hate to play us,” Tuberville said. “I know the people will be fair when they vote. That’s all we can ask.”

Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown combined for 260 total yards and each scored a touchdown for the third-ranked Tigers, who may have earned the boost they needed in the Bowl Championship Series standings.

Auburn (10-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) was third in both polls and in the BCS standings behind Southern California and Oklahoma this week. The Tigers knew a big performance against the Bulldogs would go a long way toward convincing voters in The Associated Press media poll and coaches poll that they’re better than the second-ranked Sooners, no matter what Oklahoma does in its last three games.

If Auburn can move past the Sooners in the polls, it should be able to move past them in the BCS standings. The top two teams in the final BCS standings will play in the Orange Bowl for the national championship.

“It’s going to be hard not to vote for us,” Williams said.

Auburn’s dynamic tailback tandem of Williams and Brown did it all offensively.

Williams ran 19 times for 101 yards and caught four passes for 20 yards. He also threw a TD pass and returned a punt 40 yards to set up Brown’s 15-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter that made it 24-0.

Brown ran for 51 yards and caught seven passes for 88.

(2) Oklahoma 30, Nebraska 3

NORMAN, Okla.- Jason White threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 2 Oklahoma rout Nebraska 30-3.

With star running back Adrian Peterson seeing little action because of a shoulder injury, White completed 29 of 35 passes. After throwing three incomplete passes on his first eight attempts, the sixth-year senior completed a school-record 18 in a row in his final home game for the Sooners (10-0, 7-0 Big 12).

Among the passes were a high lob that backup tight end Willie Roberts caught while backpedaling and leaping in the back right corner of the end zone and a 58-yard launch that Mark Bradley caught over his shoulder in stride down the right sideline.

Michigan St. 49, (4) Wisconsin 14

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State used a powerful rushing attack, a trick play and a key defensive stand to defeat No. 4 Wisconsin 49-14 and knock the Badgers out of the national championship race.

The Spartans (5-5, 4-3 Big Ten) handed the Badgers their first loss and knocked Wisconsin (9-1, 6-1) into a second-place tie with Iowa in the Big Ten behind Michigan. The win keeps bowl hopes alive for Michigan State.

The Badgers entered the game ranked fifth in the Bowl Championship Series standings, primarily because of a dominating defense that had allowed 9.1 points a game – lowest in the nation. But Michigan State rolled up 551 yards of total offense, including 430 on the ground.

Jehuu Caulcrick had 146 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries for the Spartans. Jason Teague had 112 yards and a TD on 17 carries.

He also caught a 30-yard touchdown pass on a trick play in the first half, with the ball thrown by wide receiver Aaron Alexander.

Anthony Davis led Wisconsin with 128 yards on 21 carries, including a touchdown.

(5) Cal 42, Washington 12

SEATTLE – J.J. Arrington ran for 84 of his 121 yards in the second half and Aaron Rodgers shook off a slow start to throw two touchdown passes to help No. 5 California beat Washington 42-12.

(6) Texas 27, Kansas 23

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Vince Young scored on an 18-yard touchdown run with 4:11 left and threw a 22-yard TD pass to Tony Jeffrey with 11 seconds remaining to rally No. 6 Texas past Kansas 27-23.

(9) Michigan 42, Northwestern 20

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michael Hart ran for 151 yards and a season-high three touchdowns and No. 9 Michigan scored TDs the first five times it touched the ball in the second half to beat Northwestern 42-20.

(14) Boise St. 56, San Jose St. 49

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jon Helmandollar scored his third touchdown in the second overtime, and No. 14 Boise State barely extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 20 games with a 56-49 victory over San Jose State.

(17) LSU 26, Alabama 10

BATON ROUGE, La.- LSU defensive end Marcus Spears and linebacker Cameron Vaughn combined for the go-ahead touchdown to help the No. 17 Tigers beat Alabama 26-10.

(19) Iowa 29, Minnesota 27

MINNEAPOLIS – Rhys Lloyd’s 51-yard field goal try drifted left with 28 seconds remaining, allowing 19th-ranked Iowa to hold on for a 29-27 victory over Minnesota – the Hawkeyes’ sixth straight win.

(22) Texas A&M 32, Texas Tech 25

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Courtney Lewis scored on a 25-yard run on the first play of overtime and Melvin Bullitt swatted away Sonny Cumbie’s fourth-down pass into the end zone, sending the Aggies to a thrilling 32-25 win over Texas Tech .

Pittsburgh 41, (24)Notre Dame 38

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Tyler Palko became the first quarterback to throw for five touchdown passes against Notre Dame, four in the first half alone, and Josh Cummings kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1 second left to give the Panthers a 41-38 victory over the 24th-ranked Irish.

(25) Oklahoma St 42, Baylor 21

STILLWATER, Okla. – Seymore Shaw was a solid replacement for the injured Vernand Morency, rushing for 172 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries to lead No. 25 Oklahoma State to a 49-21 victory over Baylor.

Utes, Cowboys sit through lengthy power outage

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The start of the Utah-Wyoming football game was delayed nearly two hours because of a power failure at War Memorial Stadium.

Shortly before the scheduled 5:06 p.m. MST kickoff, the lights on the north and west sides of the stadium went out.

As crews worked to restore power, the crowd shivered in the twilight and 14-degree wind chill while cheerleaders from both schools staged an impromptu powder-puff game.

Utah (9-0, 5-0 Mountain West), ranked No. 7, was looking to clinch the outright conference title and stay in the hunt for a BCS berth.

Wyoming (6-3, 3-2) needed a victory to stay in the league race.

The game finally began at 6:45 p.m. after a delay of 1 hour, 39 minutes.